RELIGION HEADLINES THR 5-29-25

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(SRN NEWS  )  Planned Parenthood has stopped performing abortions in Missouri after the state’s top court ordered new rulings in the tumultuous legal saga over a ban that voters struck down last November.  The state’s top court says a district judge applied the wrong standard in rulings that allowed abortions to resume in the state.  The justices have ordered the judge to reevaluate those rulings, and in the meantime, abortions are on hold.  Missouri had a near-total abortion ban in place, but voters overturned it last fall, enshrining abortion in the state constitution.

(  )  Alabama Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville (TUB-er-vill) is running for governor in 2026.  He is one of the most pro-life members of the Senate, holding up all military promotions in 2023 over a Biden-era policy that provided taxpayer dollars to help women in uniform obtain abortions.  Tuberville is expected to be a formidable entry in the race to succeed Republican Governor Kay Ivey, who cannot run again because of term limits.  He entered politics after a successful career as a head football coach at Auburn and three other major college programs.

(  )  The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a Massachusetts student who was barred from wearing a T-shirt to school proclaiming there are only two genders.  The justices left in place a federal appeals court ruling that said it would not second-guess the decision of educators in Middleborough, Massachusetts.  They barred the shirt, claiming that it might have a negative impact on transgender and gender-nonconforming students.  Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented, pointing out that pro-LGBT clothing is being allowed in the school.

(  )  The governing board for California high school sports is changing its competition rules at this weekend’s state track-and-field championships to allow more girls to take part.  It’s a response to a firestorm of controversy over the state’s practice of allowing boys to compete against girls.  The new rules allow girls who were ousted by boys in qualifying to compete at the state meet, even though the boys will still be competing too.  Critics say this is a half measure that does not address the fundamental problem of letting males invade female sports in California.